The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1887-07-30
rLuNKErr AND rHEsrY.

&sss e -------A $3.50 As
'sJust two day fore old Sherman
swung GROUND here to Jonesboro."
continued old man Plunkett, folks
seemed to know there was trouble er
brewing, and tho big road was full Of
people refugeeing', and lots ofsem had
been rcfeageeing' from way up In
Tcnncssec, moving on As old sherman
advanced, and these were in bad fix
rs sure rs you CIR born. Me and my old
oman never would turn em of when
thcy a Just ax for shelter 90 Keep ontcn
the rain, and that haint all. we fed 'em
rs long as we had anything to feed on;
but things got mighty scarce with us,
and we had to hear the poor little
Tcfggecing' children cry for bread
many time towards the last without
being able TO give em any. Wars n
bad thing, stranger; wars a bad thingl
Night come on and IL was raining
and so dark you couldn't see your hand
before you. and we took tho wlmin and
children in as long as we had a bed that
would hold one, and piled em down on
the floor as long as we had quilt and
me tnd the old oman was going TO bed
ourselves. when the dogs went Ground
the house same as they'd er been arter
some wild varmint, and went out TO
see what was the matter. what should
find but one err the likeliest young
wimin's NJ you ever laid your eyes on,
and when we got her in the house she
toldthe most pitifulest tale YOU ever
heerl. sayin' sired started down the
road to keep cutcn the way Of old Sher-
man, and lost her way in the dark and
couldn't 90 no further.
~ The old oman ground some wheat
what she had parched and made some
coffee. and got out my bottle Of spirits
what was made outen sorghum. and we
warmed her up and made her feel at
home the best we could and she lowed
she'd just set there in chair till morin',
and the old oman 'lowed~that would
never do, and she said, says she:
I'D rather for you and the old man
to-, and then she scratched her head
and said that won't do either. So /
says that the young stranger should
sleep in my bed with the, old oman
and / would sleep In the loft on some
broom straw what was up thar. After
I seed the old oman and young strang-
er all snug in bed went up the laddere
into the loft and lay down on thr
broom straw aud had as good or
nights sleep rs | ever had In my life
for my head was right ergalnst the roof
and the rain battered on the boards and
the man what haint slept TO the sound
OF rain on house top don't know
ncthin' erbont sleep.
''rho young stranger was mp and
gone by the Time IL was light. aud
nothin' strange was thought Of IT, for in
war time folks don't think strange OF
many things
Long up in the day following the
night the young oman slept with my
old lazy. J was ont on the piazza. and
looked up the road ana | seed long
line er blue coated soldiers or cOni,n',
and called mp the old oman: and /
says we're ihcm's yanks.
Browns gals was over at my house.
aud they 'lowd IL was no use 10 run, SO
we staod thar IN the piazza, and pretty
soon the soldiers were lli out iii the
road ia front or the house. and they
stopped. and no sooner than stopped
thar down they nr.bn each side cr the
road. and pretty soon here come some
mon on horses down the road. and all
the men they rise TO their feet and hol.
Ter huzar huzar. huzarl didn't Ike
that holler. and don't like ityet. Pretty